B.S.Minhas: 'Prescribing Rationality'

Deena Khatkhate

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Abstract: In his early years, B S Minhas, who passed away recently, enriched economics with his valued theoretical contributions that are today an integral part of economic literature. These were both acknowledged and challenged by the giants of economics at that time. On his return to India, realising that airy-fairy notions of economics pervading the academic and political discourse in the context of India’s economic development, he applied his mind to improving the statistical base of Indian economy with great success. A brief note on Minhas’ intellectual journey.

Keywords: statistical base; Indian Statistical Institute; Planning commission; Fifth Five Year Plan; Pareto; Leontif; Joan Robinson; Kenneth Arrow; Economics; economists; Economic History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-11
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